UNITED STATES, ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE. US President Barack Obama (C) and the First family board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, MD, December 21, 2012, en route to Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo from AFP

HAWAII, USA - US President Barack Obama and his family arrived early Saturday, December 22, in Hawaii where they will spend the Christmas holiday.

Air Force One landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at 12:06 am (1006 GMT) after a 10-hour flight from Washington.

Before leaving the US capital on Friday, Obama urged lawmakers to pass a scaled-down tax package to avert a so-called fiscal cliff -- a combination of stiff tax hikes and spending cuts that some economists warn could plunge the United States into a new recession. - Rappler.com